Waiter, there’s a swarm of bees in my soda
Imagine you’re chilling on a terrace in downtown Nijmegen, minding your own beeswax when along comes a swarm of bees heading right for your table like a homing device.
Last Tuesday, some 15,000 bees decided to go shopping for a new home and took a liking to the underside of one of the terrace tables. The patrons fled inside and the cafe shut its doors and windows. Forget calling the police, the owner called up a beekeeper to explain to the bees in bee speak that his cafe was not a good place to expand their honey business.
It was a battle to the end, with the queen bee not wanting to go gently. Finally, the beekeeper grabbed her with gloves on and they were all sorted. Nobody was stung.
The year 2012 is the year of the bee, but this major hive meeting was not on the agenda.
(Link: www.gelderlander.nl, Photo of Bee swarm by quisnovus, some rights reserved)
Ha ha wow what a story those bee swarms can be quite insane!